A COURAGEOUS mum has been given a helping hand this Christmas after a fire tore through her home.

The Grimsby Telegraph has teamed up with the Artie White Foundation for the charity's 12 Days of Christmas Campaign, which will see food hampers or toy vouchers being donated to deserving people across the area.

Joanne Mayben, of Grimsby, was surprised to hear she was one of them.

The mum-of-six is beginning to build her family's life back up after a blaze in November swept through her Glenfield Road, Grimsby, home.